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Two Filipinas Tried for Human Trafficking in Hong Kong
First Filipina women to be charged with human trafficking outside of the Philippines.

Morocco Center of Trafficking of Filipinos to Europe
The promise of employment and a better future has forced many Filipinos to resort to illegal means just to get to Europe.

Filipino 'Sex Slaves' Rescued in Malaysia
Three women who were rescued from a flesh trade in Malaysia on November 9, 2007 and repatriated to the Philippines on November 15, 2007 filed charges of illegal recruitment and human trafficking against their recruiter.

Should Human Trafficking Should be Taught in School in the Philippines?
If this NBI chief agent had his way, the problem of human trafficking and how not to be caught in the traffickers’ snares would be discussed among schoolchildren.

Exploitation of Skilled Migrants in Australia Exposed
Conditions in remote Australian workplaces, where two foreigners died within three days in June, are so harsh that a leading immigration expert says they are "akin to slavery".

Philippines officials ask US to get to Iraq to probe ‘trafficking’ allegations
Oversees Foreign Workers (OFWs) allegedly forced to work on US embassy in Baghdad.

Dateline NBC in USA Spotlights the Sex Trade in the US and Southeast Asia
Dateline NBC's Chris Hansen reports on three stories of human trafficking spanning from the United States to Southeast Asia.

ASEAN Declaration Urges Better Migrant Worker Rights
Thailand is taking steps to reform migrant worker laws and regulations but still falls short and often fails to take into account the situation faced by refugees, especially from Burma.

EU and ASEAN Join Hands to Fight Trafficking
Foreign ministers of the European Union and the Association of South East Asian Nations (Asean) agreed to back the launch of talks on a free trade agreement (FTA) between the two blocs.

Philippines Strengthens Capacity to Combat Human Trafficking
A new super body under the Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO) will help monitor, entrap, apprehend, investigate and prosecute persons involved in human trafficking or the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of people for exploitation.